Google has reportedly reached a deal to buy twitch, after months of rumors regarding an acquisition.

Venture Beat reports that the sticker price on the video game streaming service was put at $1 billion. YouTube is said to be in charge of the acquisition, Both Google and Twitch have declined to comment, but the word has been circulating of this possible deal since May.

This is the latest in a pretty full week of announcements for the toy-based superhero game. Early this week Disney debuted the Collector's Edition with a Frost Giant base, and just yesterday it officially announced the Guardians of the Galaxy figures and playset. Today's announcement reiterated that pre-orders of the Starter Pack will get an extra Marvel figure.

Square Enix has announced a "Limited Edition" of the upcoming Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix.

The company announced the LE on the PlayStation Blog. You can get it by simply pre-ordering the standard edition. It includes a Disney pin showing Sora and Mickey side-by-side.

Steven Wong

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Steven first started playing video games when he was seven years old, and not really sure what he was doing. His parents told him that playing games and reading comic books would rot his mind, which pretty much cemented them as a permanent hobbies. He went on to make a career out of playing and talking about games, and has written for various AOL websites over the years including Big Download and Joystiq using an unending supply of a Boston/New Jersey hybrid brand of sarcasm. His gaming weapon of choice is the mouse and keyboard.